Business Report writes that Labour Minister Mildred Oliphant was untruthful when she claimed that more than 50% of the over 21 companies fined for contraventions of the Employment Equity Act (EEA) were JSE-listed companies.  

A list provided by the Department of Labour of the companies that had been fined for contraventions of the EEA did not include a single JSE-listed company.  Oliphant made the claim at the release earlier this month of the 17th Employment Equity report.  She said the report mirrored the glaring lack of appetite for transformation, especially by big corporates.  Masede Mosima, assistant director media monitoring and research at the labour department, provided Business Report with a list of 26 employment equity cases that had been referred to the Labour Court and finalised either through an out of court settlement or a Labour Court order.  Of the 26 cases, 21 involved local municipalities.  Of the remaining five cases, none were listed companies.  Business Report requested clarification from Mosima about Oliphant’s comments, and specifically her references to JSE-listed companies, but he failed to respond.

• Read this report by Roy Cokayne in full on page 15 of Business Report of 29 May 2017
• Read an extended summary of the report at SA Labour News

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